Search results

Is it though? As a (relatively) young beekeeper, I've been put off every show i've looked at, by the pages and pages of pedantic requirements. Same goes with showing wax. The general public aren't interested in the palest/cleanest/most similar pieces. Every show i've been too, people want to...

Have you tried using it to render wax/old combs? Got a honey bucket full of wax and bits of comb, wondering if I could use it for that too.

Any chance we run the risk that anyone that feeds might end up with a trace amount of syrup in their honey supers? If you've got a BB still with syrup in, particularly if it's uncapped won't the bees move some of it up when you put your supers on? I guess you're not looking at large scale...

Saw my first hornet a couple of weeks ago. I was out running and felt something in my hair - brushed it out with my hand, and a beautiful hornet was deposited onto a nearby bush. Don't know which of us was more surprised!

Congratulations! Sounds like a great haul.

Love it, will definitely be trying the vodka rinse method this year!

Ah ok, I tend to jar mine fairly sharpish, but sounds like storing in buckets and jarring to order might help then, thanks.

Yes sorry impurities was the wrong word. Let's not start the 'raw' debate again as well :laughing-smiley-004 I completely agree, and I sell mine along similar lines, highlighting the fact it is only coarse filtered (0.5mm mesh is the smallest I think on those double strainers). The BBKA...

Do you think putting it through a fine mesh filter helps it stay runny for longer? Thinking there would be less impurities to seed sugar crystals. As above I tend to just use the double strainer and let it settle before jarring, but it does set quite quick.

Thanks Eric for the advice and encouragement, I will give it a go. Like you say, good experience either way. Just got back from scouting out the site, can get hives about 200m away. Will be a bit of effort on my part getting them there, but I never did mind a bit of graft. Looking at it, there...

Thanks for the info, will have a look around here and see where it's at, I can't recall seeing much in bloom so far, but must admit I haven't been out too much the past week or so. In terms of extracting, I have access to a heather press. Plan was (if I get any) just to scrape the frames back...

Thanks Dani - yes I did see that on Murray's twitter account. To be honest, I have no idea how far on or gone it is down here, will have to go for a wander this evening and find out I suppose.

The heather/moorland around here is patchy at best but it is there. I've never taken bees to heather or had a heather crop before, but I have a potential new apiary site, predominantly in arable/grazing land. The closest heather/moorland is about 400m away, with around ~60 acres of...

Nicely done! Did you use a stencil for the leaf patterns?

So are those running poly or more insulated hives, less affected then?

I very nearly started a thread on this exact subject the other day! I'm in pretty much exactly the same position as you. Toying with the idea of making up a decent number of splits and really going for it next year. I love it. But it is SO time consuming, from the inspections, workshop time...

I run all mine no QX. Depends on how prolific they are, but I find a lot of mine seem to end up around brood and half ish, so the first super is filled with brood. Sometimes they make a bit of a teardrop shape brood nest and will lay a little in the middle few frames of the super above. Easy...

Hi JBM, Good read, interesting to hear what you have observed. I think this might be the post you were thinking back on. https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threads/what-did-you-do-in-the-apiary-today.8543/post-825570 Really like my abelo kit, but all the plugs and caps are such a faff...

Aw, sorry to hear that. Hope you do stick around, always found your replies/advice on here thoughtful and helpful. Best of luck with the year off!

And all beekeepers are pedants? :laughing-smiley-004